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SG/SM/6992

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

14 May 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6992


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- This is the prepared text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second part of the High-Level Meeting on the crisis in the Balkans, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:

First, I would like to introduce my Special Envoys for the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt and Mr. Eduard Kukan.

HR/4413

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

14 May 1999


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HR/4413


COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

19990514 Issues Observations on Solomon Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Tunisia, and General Comments on Right to Education and Right to Adequate Food

To be issued on 17 May.

HQ/597

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO CONSIDER DIPLOMATIC SAFETY, SECURITY

13 May 1999


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HQ/597


HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO CONSIDER DIPLOMATIC SAFETY, SECURITY

19990513

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country decided to hold an open-ended meeting on safety tips for the diplomatic community in October this year, as it met this afternoon to consider the issue of the security of missions and safety of their personnel.

HR/4411*

UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES MEETS IN NEW YORK

13 May 1999


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HR/4411*


UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES MEETS IN NEW YORK

19990513

NEW YORK, 13 May -- The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is reviewing 634 cases of disappearances brought to its attention since its November session, during its fifty-seventh session in New York from 10 to 14 May.